Hollywood called the taking of Nicholas irrational and not well-thought out. Hollywood said he was afraid after Ben Markowitz left threatening messages, poisoned his dog and broke a window at his home, only hours before Nicholas was abducted. Hollywood, an admitted marijuana dealer, said Ben Markowitz owed him a $2,500 drug debt - more than twice the amount prosecutors have cited. He said the teen was taken in an escalating dispute between him and the boy's older half-brother, Ben Markowitz. He testified that he and two friends grabbed Markowitz off a street in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles but did not order the teen's murder. Hollywood took the stand in his own defense, a move legal experts say is rare and potentially risky. Four others have been convicted in connection with the crime. Nicholas was taken to Santa Barbara and held for several days before being shot and buried in a shallow grave.
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